Epithelial-derived gasdermin D mediates nonlytic IL-1β release during experimental colitis.

Bulek K., Zhao J., Liao Y., Rana N., Corridoni D., Antanaviciute A., Chen X., Wang H., Qian W., Miller-Little WA., Swaidani S., Tang F., Willard BB., McCrae K., Kang Z., Dubyak GR., Cominelli F., Simmons A., Pizarro TT., Li X.

Gasdermin D (GSDMD) induces pyroptosis via the pore-forming activity of its N-terminal domain, cleaved by activated caspases associated with the release of IL-1β. Here, we report a nonpyroptotic role of full-length GSDMD in guiding the release of IL-1β-containing small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) from intestinal epithelial cells (IECs). In response to caspase-8 inflammasome activation, GSDMD, chaperoned by Cdc37/Hsp90, recruits the E3 ligase, NEDD4, to catalyze polyubiquitination of pro-IL-1β, serving as a signal for cargo loading into secretory vesicles. GSDMD and IL-1β colocalize with the exosome markers CD63 and ALIX intracellularly, and GSDMD and NEDD4 are required for release of CD63+ sEVs containing IL-1β, GSDMD, NEDD4, and caspase-8. Importantly, increased expression of epithelial-derived GSDMD is observed both in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and those with experimental colitis. While GSDMD-dependent release of IL-1β-containing sEVs is detected in cultured colonic explants from colitic mice, GSDMD deficiency substantially attenuates disease severity, implicating GSDMD-mediated release of IL-1β sEVs in the pathogenesis of intestinal inflammation, such as that observed in IBD.

DOI

10.1172/jci138103

Type

Journal article

Publication Date

2020-08-01T00:00:00+00:00

Volume

130

Pages

4218 - 4234

Total pages

16

Addresses

Department of Inflammation and Immunity, Cleveland Clinic, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

Keywords

Intestinal Mucosa, Cell Line, Epithelial Cells, Animals, Mice, Knockout, Mice, Colitis, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Phosphate-Binding Proteins, Interleukin-1beta, Exosomes, Extracellular Vesicles, Nedd4 Ubiquitin Protein Ligases, Tetraspanin 30, Gasdermins

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